CURIOUS COLOUR CHANGES.
The possibility of a man's eyes changing their colour as a result of mental shock or physical ill-treatment has been discussed by doctors. "It is common knowledge," stated one medical man, "that great physical hardships may suddenly turn the hair white. The loss of colour follows on certain chemical changes, due to disturbances of nutrition, taking place in the tiny particles of colouring niytter which gave the hair its tint." All babies have blue eyes when they are born. In' some infants pigment granules begin to develop in the iris immediately after birth. Thus they become black or brown eyed. In others no such pigment formation takes, place, and the eyes remain their original colour throughout life.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 38, 14 February 1931, Page 12 (Supplement)
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